Improved deck and side light for vessels



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CHARLES PERLEY, OF NEW YORK, N.`Y.

vIMPROVED DECK AND SIDE LIGHT FOR VESSELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. l18,836, dated July 18,1865. ,fr

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES PEELEY, of the city and State of New York,have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and usefulImprovement in Deck and Side Lights Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same.

Similar marks of reference denote the same i parts.

Deck and side lights have heretofore usually been made with the glassset in a ringthat is pressed against a flat seat formed of indiarubberor other yielding material. In use it is found that the india-rubberadheres to the metal of said frame, so that great difficultyv isexperienced in opening the light, particularly in Warm weather. Theselights have usually been hinged so as to swing in opening, and have beensecured by a screw or screws to press the frame against the rubberpacking. In closing these lights, particularly when done suddenly, theend of the screw is often bat tered and injured, so that it will notenter its nut. For these reasons deck and side lights are constantlyrequiring repairs, often become bent and leaky, and are also very costlyto manufacture, there ybein g so many parts to be accurately fitted.

The nature of my said invention consists in y a tapering side or decklight or glass setting into a corresponding ring-flange secured to thevessel, whereby the tapering surfaces in contact render the lightwater-tight, and the necessity of rubber packing, hinges,compressing-screws,and nuts is dispensed with, as the light can belifted out of its place and set down into a suitable ring or holder, orreplaced within the ring-Bange to close the opening against the water;and to steady or hold the light in placel make'use of a screw or screwsthe points of which enter inclined recesses in the interior of thcring-flange.

In the drawings, c represents a cylinder or ring with a flange, b. Thisring is tapering on theinside, and is to be fitted externally into anopening formed in the side of the ship or in the deck.

c is the circular glass set into the metallic.

'and the same is to be rendered water-tight by putty or cement.

1n order to hold the glass in place, particularly until the cementthoroughly hardens, I employ Ametal pins passed through the* frame dinto notches at the edges of the glass, as seen at l 1.

The periphery of the deck or side light is formed tapering to correspondwith the interior of the ring a. I however prefer that the frame dshould, when in place, only touch the interior ofthe ring a, at theouter part, as shown, so that this portion may be easily renderedwater-tight by grinding the frame into the ring, and also that anyslight obstructionsuch as dust or dirtmay not interfere with thetightness ofthe light.

I prevent the frame and glass falling out of the ring a by the pressureof water or rolling ofthe vessel by means of a button or any analogousdevice. I however prefer and use two or more screws, 3 3, passingthrough the frame d, the points of which screws enter an inclined orV-shaped groove around the inside of the ring` a, so that the points ofthe screwsV pressing against the inclined side of the said groove shalltend to force the frame d forward and make it tighter within the ring a.These screws 3 also serve for handles in moving the side light. Thepoints of the screws should bebattered or rivet-headed, so that theywill not become disconnected from the ring d.

A groove may be provided around the said deck or side light, as at 2,into whicha winding cotton or twine may be introduced in case of anelastic packing being required.

For a deck-light the glass c may be placed at the larger instead of thesmaller end of the ring d, and the ring-lian ge b at the same end of thcring c, so that the light may be inserted from above and either liftedout or forced up from below.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Lctby pins passing into notches inthe edges of ters Patent, sthe glass, in combination with it cementsur- 1. 'The fixed conical ring a b, in combination rounding said glass,whereby r.my movement with the conical deck or side light, tted and ofthe glass previous to the hardening of such acting substantially asspecified, and in comcement is eft'cctually prevented, as set forth.bination therewith the packing-groot?l 3, for In Witness whereof I havehereunto set my the purposes specified. signature this 21st day of May,1865.

2. In combination with the deck or side light CHARLES PE HLEY. and ringa, the screws 3 and groove 4, as set Vitnesses: forth. LEMUEL W.SERRELL,

3. Retaining the glass in the metallic frame JAMES E. SERRELL, Jr.

